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- Title
Motives for Development of Cooperation Systems and its Results in Rural Tourism in Zemgale.
- Authors
Kaufmane, Dace
- Abstract
The paper presents a justification of the methodology for studying cooperation systems in rural tourism. The methodology is based on system approach in the analysis of tourism industry, social network method, and a survey for identification of cooperation motives and results as well as application of statistical methods for detecting cooperation system variations. The methodology for studying cooperation was approbated in tourism research in Zemgale planning region during 2007 and 2008. The results of the research characterise development motives and results of cooperation between 28 social agents. Calculations of Cramer's V coefficient identified system variations that are typical to rural tourism involving social agents related to every motive and result. Estimations of utility of cooperation reveal that the gains of cooperation are bigger than rural tourism developers initially expected. The research identified multiplicative directions of rural tourism and specificity of operation of small and medium enterprises, which in the future may be used for evaluation of contribution of this economic activity.
- Subjects
ZEMGALE (Latvia); LATVIA; RURAL tourism; SOCIAL networks; TOURISM
- Publication
Economic Science for Rural Development Conference Proceedings, 2011, Issue 26, p118
- ISSN
1691-3078
- Publication type
Article